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    Study in Scarlet‚ Sherlock Holmes appears to employ the following four techniques (or philosophical strategies): the use of deductive reasoning‚ an analytical observation of details‚ a methodological problem-solving approach‚ and the use of semiotics to draw conclusions from the details he observes. All though all four of these approaches are similar in their use of details that could be construed as “signs‚” they all have specific‚ defining qualities. Sherlock Holmes has often been described as

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    Characters Charles Darnay- Charles Darnay is the hero archetype throughout the story. He continually does the right thing and he has very noble actions. He refuses his family name because he believes they are cruel and is willing to do anything to help rescue people in need. "This property and France are lost to me. I renounce them." (Dickens‚ 116) Charles is ashamed of his family’s actions and refuses to be a part of that family because of it. This shows his hero quality in that he stands against

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    Philip Marlowe at first glance would seem like the typical hard-boiled detective but in reality is a sensitive‚ honest detective trying his best to survive in a dishonest society. Can you blame Marlowe for his tough guy act while trying to solve crime in the brutal streets of Los Angeles while confronted with murder‚ bribery‚ and vicious crimes? I admire Marlowe for staying true to himself while faced with temptations and sticking to his strict ethnics regardless of the circumstances. Philip Marlowe

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    The Financial Detective 2005 Beer Beer Company 1 is a “national brewer of mass-market consumer beers sold under a variety of brand names” (pg. 120). As one might expect‚ this national company has “an extensive network of breweries and distribution systems and owns some beer-related businesses” (pg. 120). It also owns several major theme parks. Beer Company 2 is a brewer of “seasonal and year-round beers with smaller production volume and higher prices” that “outsources most of its brewing activity”

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    Conclusion The prevailing archetype of an institution can highly affect the programming and activities of the institution’s student affairs unit. With the top down authoritative structure of a bureaucratic institution‚ it is the leadership of the intuition that will guide the programming within the student affairs unit. Further‚ the work of student affairs is considered strictly the responsibility and duty of the student affairs unit. In contrast‚ a collegial intuition has a sense of shared work

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    roles throughout our journeys through life. Star Wars was written and produced by George Lucas. His original story was based on the writing of Joseph Campell who was a scholar of myths and legends. George Lucas also based his ideas off of Jung’s Archetype Theory. This theory is that our personalities fit into one of many different types‚ each based on a collective unconscious. His story follows a classic heroic arc. Star Wars was the first serious science fiction film created and also one six Oscars

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    Popular Texts and Intertexts – Detective‚ Crime and Mystery • Dorothy L Sayers – “Death in particular seems to provide the minds of Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of innocent amusement than any other single subject”. • Detective Fiction emerges in other genres all the time. Temporal ordering The plot aims at establishing a linear chronological sequence of events that will eventually explain its own baffling starting point. – Heta Pyrhonen. The story is explaining the mystery

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    unconscious. This form of the unconscious does not derive from personal experience; rather‚ it contains impersonal‚ collective components in the form of inherited categories or archetypes that are manifested and recognized by all people in all cultures (496). The contents of the collective unconscious are referred to as archetypes‚ since they are primordial images that have persisted since our earliest human history (495). Archetypal characters are extremely common in mythology‚ religion‚ and even horror

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    Talia Hoffman 3-21-15 English 1 Allison Finn The Archetype of Water in The Things They Carried Water is the one of the most primal archetypes. It represents resurrection‚ purification and redemption. In the case of The Things They Carried‚ water is a constant companion to the characters of the story‚ whether good or bad. Water‚ in this book though‚ can also represent feeling of guilt and shame and the struggle involved with war. In some instances‚ the characters are desperate to find the purification

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    difference in their lives. John Green also follows a typical Hero’s Journey Archetype; going through initiation‚ departure and return home. Despite being known as a young adult author‚ John Green proves that he is a hero‚ through his writing and action as he follows the Hero’s Journey. John Green had a unique childhood of “nerdy” interests that developed into his adult career as shown in the Hero’s Journey Archetype. His writing style shows his unique personality. It is intellectual yet simple

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